Avianca Flight 52 heading from El Dorado International Airport (Bogota, Colombia) to JFK International Airport via Medellin. Airplane: Boeing 707-321.
On January 25, 1990, when the plane was getting closer to New York, the controllers asked the pilots to fly in circles, due the JFK Airport was full. After that delay, the plane was delayed again getting closer to New York. The plane was running out of fuel. They told the controllers several time that they had fuel for 10 or 6 minutes, but when they were finally heard was too late. This episode explores the causes of this deadly delay.